Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-16
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest In
Condensed Form.


line thieves.
There are three daily papers pub
lished in Astoria.
A new Methodist church Is being
erected at Newport.
A new church is just about to be
finished at Long Creek.
Scab has broken out in several bands
of sheep in the vicinity OF Condor.
The mail route between Knight and
Macley has been extended to Salem.
There are about 500 600 bushels OF
wheat stored in Pendleton. awaiting
shipment
w. r. Hill, of Coos county, was
very badly gored by an OK several OF
his ribs being broken.
The President las appointed John
Myers to be United States Marshal Tor
the District of Oregon.
There are ninety nine corporations
firms and persons i'll Union county
who pay taxes On valuation OF So,oVo
and upwards.
The past seasons catch of salmon in
the Coquille river was valued at over
$4,000; and about $40 900 of that sum
was paid in wages.
VIM. Hardin, the 16-year-old son OF
Charles H ,rdin, had his leg broken
while hauling wood from the noun
tains to La Grande.
The Whitman mill at Cornucopia
is said to be running with great sue
cess, and the output OF bullion Will be
large from this time on.
Near Mud creek, Umatilla county,
w. A. Smiley's little boy, about three
wears old, was fatally burned by falling
into kettle OF boiling water.
Frederick Bergwall, timekeeper for
Hoffman & Bates, was instantly killed
on the pivot pier of the railroad bridge
at Portland, by box of cement falling
upon him.
II. l.. Robertson, living near Grants
Pass, the past season raised blood
beet measuring three feet and ten in
ches, and sugar beet weighing thirty
five pounds.
John Scheidiger, an old resident OF
Southern Oregon, and who has been In
jackson county hospital for some time
past has been declared insane and
taken to Salem.
The building of a new 5000 hotel
on the site of the old Pendleton hotel
is now assured. Over $4,000 of the
stock was subscribed in few hours.
Work will begin soon.
| A correspondent writing from Oh
ALA, says that next year the cultivation
of sorghum will receive considerable
attention in that section, as the past
season has demonstrated that it pays
we'll.
DR.. Sbelton's new palatial residence
at Eugene was totally destroyed by
file. The house was just about COM
pleted at cost of $4,000. The cause
of the fire is unknown, probably in
4 cendiary.
Negotiations have been completed
for the erection at Milton of large
first class Touring mill and an agrl
cultural machine factory. The mill
site has been purchased and the ditch
is being laid out.
Government employees have finished
weighing the mail that passes over the
Oregon Short Line, and find that it is
just three times heavier than it was
at the same time last year. This is a
) striking and indisputable evidence OF
the increased growth Of the country.
The Kerby Irrigating and Milling
Company has completed a 1S0-foot
dam on east branch of the Illinois river
and have large staff OF men at work
digging the ditch to Kerby. 1t is ex-
pected that water will be flowing
through Kerby in three months time
Messrs, Tomlinson & Brooks, sheep
+ raisers of Willow creek, Malheur coun-
ty, report aloss of 400 tons OF hay by
fire, which they had just purchased
for the use of their sheep during the
coming winter. Incendiaries done the
+ work, but no clue to the perpetrators OF
the outrage has been discovered.
+ Rogue River valleys corn crop was
q fair one this year, although the sea
son was not considered as favorable as
the average. The farmers are learning
;, that thorough cultivation often takes
the place OF favorable weather. Few
q sales OF corn are made, but the price
is quoted at so cents per bushel.
, Joseph Drougard had the high boa,
r at the .. 5. P. Cos cannery, Empire
this season, having caught 1,637 sal
mon. The company presented him
] with silver watch, six ounce case
y nickel works. On the back is engraved
= a Columbia river fishing boat, will
Fort Stevens, at the mouth of tn,
f Columbia river, as background.
5 The body OF Thomas De Loughey
: an inmate of the asylum. at Salem
was found hanging from the window
! netting by bed sheet. De Llughey
! had during the night fastened the tw,
! ends OF the sheet to the netting. made
i a moose by single twist, stuck hi
neck through aud jumpel from tn,
t window sill. He strangled to death
Deceased was violent subject, ant
was committed from Multnomah coun
ty recently.
d Active preparations are being mad,
d tor starting up work at the Osweg,
!, iron works. Over 100000 will b
y expended before operations begin
y Contracts have been let for 2OOO,
cords of wood Ia he cbonraJ ~: -: